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 Luke 22, verses 24 to 38.

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 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

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 And he said to them, the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them,

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 and those in authority over them are called benefactors.

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 But not so with you.

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 Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest and the leader as one who serves.

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 For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves?

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 Is it not the one who reclines at table?

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 But I am among you as the one who serves.

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 You are those who have stayed with me in my trials,

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 and I assign to you as my father assigned to me a kingdom,

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 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom

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 and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you,

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 that he might sift you like wheat.

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 But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail.

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 And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.

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 Peter said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.

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 Jesus said, I tell you, Peter,

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 the rooster will not crow this day until you deny three times that you know me.

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 And he said to them,

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 When I sent you out with no money bag or knapsack or sandals,

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 did you lack anything?

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 They said nothing.

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 He said to them,

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 But now let the one who has a money bag take it,

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 and likewise a knapsack.

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 And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.

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 For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me.

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 And he was numbered with the transgressors.

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 For what is written about me has its fulfillment.

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 And they said,

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 Look, Lord, here are two swords.

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 And he said to them,

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 It is enough.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 When someone is on his or her deathbed,

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 there's a solemnity to those last moments,

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 those final moments.

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 And likely that person is going to be very selective with the words that he or she says,

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 very intentional about the people that he spends time with.

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 And we see a similar thing going on here in our passage,

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 because Jesus is preparing for his death.

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 He's impending death on the cross.

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 He's gathered his 12 apostles to have a final Passover meal with them.

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 And these are his parting remarks.

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 His final instruction on what it means to be a Christian,

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 what it means to be a follower of Christ,

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 a disciple of Christ.

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 And so we ought to all the more pay attention to what he tells us here.

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 And the main point of this passage is this,

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 that Christ's service, intercession, and suffering

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 enable and exemplify Christian discipleship.

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 And first we're going to look at Christ's service,

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 and then Christ's intercession, and Christ's suffering.

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 Let's look first at Christ's service in verses 24 to 30.

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 In last week's passage, if you remember,

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 Jesus told his disciples that the hand of him who betrays him,

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 betrays me, he said, is with me on the table.

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 That's a shocking thing to say,

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 because to have table fellowship with someone,

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 to eat this intimate meal with someone,

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 is a gesture of trust.

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 It's really you're saying that these are people,

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 my trusted companions, my friends.

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 And yet out of that intimate circle,

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 there is a hand that is going to betray Jesus.

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 And so it's no surprise that it says in verse 23 of chapter 22,

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 the disciples began to question one another,

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 which of them it would be that is going to do this.

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 It's not me.

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 Maybe it's you.

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 You've been really quiet today.

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 And it's not hard to imagine how that conversation

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 then erupts into this in verse 24.

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 A dispute also arose among them

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 as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.

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 I can imagine the scene.

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 It's who among us will betray Jesus?

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 Well, certainly not me.

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 I'm the most loyal and important disciple of the 12.

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 That's why Jesus always sends me out on his special missions.

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 You're the most important?

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 Certainly not.

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 I'm the best preacher.

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 I'm the best organizer.

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 Did you open the eyes of the blind?

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 Well, I did.

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 And then you could see Peter and John

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 maybe rearing their heads and,

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 well, I think we have you all beat.

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 Were you there at the transfiguration

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 when Jesus was transformed before our very eyes

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 into his glorious heavenly self?

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 So apparently this was one of the favorite subjects

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 to discuss among the disciples

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 in the same way New Englanders always like to discuss

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 who's the greatest quarterback, right?

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 They're arguing who's the greatest disciple

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 because they argued about this earlier

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 in Luke chapter 9, verses 46 to 48 as well.

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 And Luke chooses a very colorful word

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 to describe this argument.

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 He says that a dispute arose among them.

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 The word dispute in the Greek,

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 the original Greek word,

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 it's a compound word that literally means

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 love of victory, love of glory.

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 They are seeking to triumph over each other,

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 to outshine each other.

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 They want to one up all the other disciples.

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 They want to be the greatest.

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 But Jesus shows them another way in verses 25 to 26.

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 And he said to them,

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 the kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them,

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 and those in authority over them

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 are called the benefactors.

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 Jesus uses many words here to describe

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 those who were prominent and powerful

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 among the Gentiles.

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 Kings who exercise lordship,

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 those in authority,

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 and benefactors.

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 That's probably the most confusing term used here

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 because benefactor sounds very generous

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 and benevolent, right?

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 In English, it's a positive term

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 in the way we use it.

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 But in its original usage here in the Bible,

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 it can refer not just to good people,

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 but also to tyrants.

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 It's a term that designates class,

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 people who claim to be the patrons of society,

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 the celebrities,

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 those who have power and position

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 that can bestow favor upon people.

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 And they believe,

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 they style themselves as benefactors,

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 saying that you all,

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 you commoners,

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 have your livelihood because of us.

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 They were the benefactors.

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 And Gentile rulers set themselves

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 over their subjects,

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 lording it over them

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 and styling themselves to be such patrons.

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 But Jesus tells his disciples in verse 26,

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 but not so with you.

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 In the sentence,

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 in the Greek,

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 again,

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 the pronoun you

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 is fronted for emphasis.

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 So it's literally,

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 but you,

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 not so.

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 But you are not to be so.

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 All the rulers in the world

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 might behave that way,

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 but you,

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 my disciples,

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 are not to do that.

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 Rather,

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 Jesus says,

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 let the greatest among you

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 become as the youngest

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 and the leader as one who serves.

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 Notice Jesus doesn't say that

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 there ought to be no leaders.

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 He assumes that there are leaders.

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 The Bible consistently affirms

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 healthy leadership as a good thing.

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 For example,

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 Hebrews 13,

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 verse 7 says,

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 Obey your leaders

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 and submit to them,

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 for they are keeping watch

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 over your souls

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 as those who will have

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 to give an account.

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 Let them do this with joy

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 and not with groaning,

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 for that would be

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 of no advantage to you.

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 So Jesus is not

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 discounting leadership.

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 Rather,

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 he is here defining it,

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 what it should look like.

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 In the ancient world,

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 the younger people

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 got the most menial tasks

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 and they had to serve

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 the older people.

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 And that's actually

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 not just in the ancient world.

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 Things haven't changed

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 too much, right?

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 That's the case

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 even in our

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 supposedly egalitarian society.

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 Right?

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 Rookies on sports teams

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 have to grab the bagels

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 and the newspapers

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 for their teammates.

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 They have to perform

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 other embarrassing acts

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 like wearing, you know,

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 children's backpacks,

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 Barbie doll backpacks

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 to their games.

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 Right?

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 This is what I read.

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 Junior,

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 junior,

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 junior office members,

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 junior office members

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 that are new to the office,

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 they are tasked

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 with taking meeting notes,

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 right?

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 And getting the coffee,

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 fetching the food.

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 The more senior members

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 will not deign to do.

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 Freshmen in high school,

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 right?

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 Freshmen in college

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 are often dismissively treated,

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 turn into memes,

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 and excluded

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 from certain social scenes,

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 right?

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 And privileges.

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 But Jesus instructs

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 his disciples

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 not to exploit

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 the seniority

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 and authority

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 to their selfish advantage.

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 The most senior person

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 should serve even

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 like the most junior person.

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 That means Christian leaders

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 in the workplace

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 should never talk down

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 to their subordinates.

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 They should never belittle

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 other people's gifts

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 and their contribution.

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 God calls Christian men

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 to be leaders

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 in their homes.

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 But a Christian husband

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 who does not deign

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 to wash dishes

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 or do laundry

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 because he sees them

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 as beneath his dignity

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 is not practicing

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 Christian leadership.

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 That's worldly leadership.

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 a Christian husband

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 who speaks condescendingly

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 to his wife

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 that doesn't listen

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 to his wife

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 but makes self-serving decisions

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 is not practicing

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 Christian leadership.

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 That's worldly leadership.

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 A Christian father

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 who does not deign

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 to play with his children

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 to indulge them

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 that refuses to change diapers

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 because that's beneath his dignity

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 is not practicing

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 Christian leadership.

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 A Christian pastor

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 who avoids meeting

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 with counseling

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 the most difficult members

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 who only meets with members

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 who tithe the most

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 who serve the most

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 is not practicing

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 Christian leadership.

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 That's worldly leadership.

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 The leaders among God's people

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 should not be pulling rank

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 on other church members.

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 They should never use their authority

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 to bully people into submission.

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 They should never resort

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 to shaming

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 or blame shifting

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 to maintain control

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 and to protect themselves.

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 This is why

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 when we appoint our leaders

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 we try to make a point

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 that when we appoint our deacons

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 we give them as gifts

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 towels

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 literal towels

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 with our church logo

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 emblazoned on it

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 to remind them

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 that they are not receiving

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 a title

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 that comes with a set

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 of entitlements

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 but that they are receiving

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 a towel of service

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 in the same way

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 Jesus took the towel

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 to wash the feet

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 of his disciples.

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 That's what it means

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 to be a deacon.

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 This is why

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 when we ordain elders

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 we give them a Bible

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 and not a robe

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 or a gavel

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 to remind them

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 that they are not

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 the law.

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 God's word

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 is the law

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 and they have authority

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 in the church

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 only insofar

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 as they submit

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 to God's word

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 and apply what

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 God's word teaches.

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 They're servants

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 ministers of God's word.

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 Let the greatest

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 among you

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 become as the youngest

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 and the leader

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 as one who serves.

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 Jesus is not

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 nullifying authority

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 but he is

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 qualifying authority.

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 Christian leadership

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 is therefore

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 to be characterized

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 by Christ-like humility

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 and service

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 and not by a fragile

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 approval craving

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 and power grabbing

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 ego.

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 That's why

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 1 Peter 5

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 specifically exhorts

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 elders of the church

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 to exercise oversight

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 without domineering.

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 And why

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 should Christian leadership

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 look like this?

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 Jesus gives us

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 the reason

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 in verse 27

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 for

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 for

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 who is the greater

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 one who reclines

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 at table

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 or one who serves?

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 Is it not the one

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 who reclines

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 at table?

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 But I

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 am among you

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 as the one

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 who serves.

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 Jesus is asking

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 a rhetorical question

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 that has an obvious

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 answer.

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 When you go

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 to a restaurant

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 what does the

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 power dynamic

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 look like

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 at the restaurant?

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 There's a model,

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 right?

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 A truism

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 among service

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 providers.

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 The customer

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 is always right.

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 It's not true

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 but that's how

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 they are taught

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 to serve.

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 Customer is king.

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 It points

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 to the importance

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 of catering

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 to the customer's

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 expectations

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 to ensure

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 their satisfaction.

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 It makes it obvious

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 the one who waits

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 at the table.

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 The server

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 does the bidding

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 of the one

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 who reclines

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 at table.

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 The one who is

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 eating,

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 the one who's

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 reclining at table

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 is the greater

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 one.

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 But,

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 Jesus says,

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 but I am

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 among you

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 as the one

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 who serves.

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 In the same way

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 that Jesus

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 emphasized the pronoun

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 you in verse 26,

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 but you are not so.

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 He says here

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 in verse 27,

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 I,

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 but I am

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 among you

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 as the one

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 who serves.

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 The one

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 who reclines

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 is greater

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 than the one

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 who serves.

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 And if anyone

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 deserves to recline

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 at table

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 to be served

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 by the rest,

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 that's Jesus.

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 But he says,

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 I'm the messianic king.

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 I'm the son of God.

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 I'm the savior

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 of the world.

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 But I,

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 but I myself

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 am among you

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 as the one

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 who serves.

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 That's why

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 Christian leadership

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 is characterized

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 by service.

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 Because Christ's

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 service

00:15:14.860 --> 00:15:16.259
 enables and

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 exemplifies

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 Christian discipleship.

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 Jesus,

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 think about this,

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 Jesus is the

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 holy one,

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 the sinless

00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:27.080
 lamb of God,

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 yet he died

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 on the cross

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 in the place

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 of sinners.

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 He's the son of God,

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 yet he

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 took on

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 human flesh,

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 became a son of man

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 to live,

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 to represent us.

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 he is the king,

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 but he served

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 with his life

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 and with his death.

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 That's true greatness.

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 That's

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 Christian leadership.

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 That means

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 Christian leaders,

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 I didn't fully

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 understand this

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 when I

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 volunteered

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 to become

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 a Christian leader.

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 and so many

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.279
 people,

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 and I'm still

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.320
 learning this,

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 and so many

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.460
 people don't

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 understand this

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 when they seek

00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.620
 positions of

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.019
 authority

00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:13.600
 in the church.

00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:15.659
 Christian leaders

00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.300
 are called

00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:17.240
 to suffer

00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.620
 at the hands

00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.519
 of those

00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:20.420
 whom they serve.

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 They're called

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 to receive

00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:26.120
 criticisms,

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 even unfair

00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:29.000
 ones,

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 graciously.

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 they are called

00:16:32.139 --> 00:16:32.759
 to heal

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.319
 the people

00:16:33.319 --> 00:16:34.120
 who hurt

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 them.

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 They're called

00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.559
 to be slandered

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.519
 by the very

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:38.179
 people that

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:38.840
 they counsel.

00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.379
 They're called

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.960
 to give

00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:41.699
 to people

00:16:41.699 --> 00:16:42.259
 who give

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.240
 nothing back.

00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.080
 They are called

00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:46.019
 to teach people

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.799
 who will not

00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.240
 listen.

00:16:48.179 --> 00:16:48.720
 They're called

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.360
 to endure

00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.500
 beatings

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.100
 and jail

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.620
 terms,

00:16:52.319 --> 00:16:53.480
 not to

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.279
 protect themselves,

00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:54.980
 but to protect

00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:55.480
 the people

00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.000
 that God

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.100
 entrusted to

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.340
 them.

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.299
 They are called

00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:58.879
 to love

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.399
 people

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.399
 who don't

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.819
 appreciate

00:17:00.819 --> 00:17:01.199
 them.

00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.620
 They're called

00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:03.139
 to serve

00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:03.720
 people that

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.400
 want to

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.180
 replace

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:05.480
 them.

00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.220
 Why?

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.779
 Because that's

00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.339
 what Christ

00:17:11.339 --> 00:17:11.680
 did.

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.240
 That's how

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.139
 Christ lived

00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:18.319
 through

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.379
 humiliations

00:17:19.379 --> 00:17:20.400
 and

00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:21.180
 sufferings.

00:17:25.879 --> 00:17:26.740
 Knowing well

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.359
 that this is

00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:28.279
 not an easy

00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:28.759
 command to

00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.059
 obey,

00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.759
 Jesus provides

00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:31.140
 further

00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:31.900
 motivation in

00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:32.680
 verses 28

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.200
 to 30.

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 You are

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.460
 those who

00:17:36.460 --> 00:17:36.960
 have stayed

00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.400
 with me

00:17:37.400 --> 00:17:37.720
 in my

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.140
 trials,

00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:39.019
 and I

00:17:39.019 --> 00:17:39.680
 assign to

00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:39.960
 you,

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.299
 as my

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:40.660
 father

00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.259
 assigned to

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.480
 me,

00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:42.140
 a kingdom

00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:44.279
 that you

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.799
 may eat

00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.440
 and drink

00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:45.819
 at my

00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:46.180
 table

00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:46.660
 in my

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.000
 kingdom

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.099
 and sit

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.720
 on thrones

00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.140
 judging

00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.700
 the twelve

00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:50.440
 tribes of

00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:50.819
 Israel.

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.279
 So is

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.720
 there any

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.759
 reward for

00:17:53.759 --> 00:17:54.660
 staying with

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.420
 Jesus in

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.099
 his trials?

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:57.299
 the answer

00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.939
 is yes.

00:17:59.199 --> 00:17:59.839
 And Jesus'

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.899
 promised reward

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.959
 is extravagant.

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.480
 Jesus bequeaths

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.199
 the kingdom

00:18:04.199 --> 00:18:05.259
 that God the

00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:06.039
 father himself

00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.799
 gave to him

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:08.259
 to these

00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:09.059
 twelve

00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.719
 apostles.

00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.619
 And notice the

00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:12.579
 contrast between

00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.699
 verses 29 to

00:18:13.699 --> 00:18:14.219
 30 and

00:18:14.219 --> 00:18:15.439
 verses 25 to

00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:16.000
 27.

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.679
 Now,

00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.539
 in this

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.139
 present life,

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.659
 now,

00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:20.659
 they are not

00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.519
 to behave like

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.459
 the kings of the

00:18:22.459 --> 00:18:23.399
 Gentiles who

00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:24.619
 exercise lordship.

00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:25.879
 but Christ

00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.879
 promises them

00:18:26.879 --> 00:18:27.559
 a kingdom

00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:28.679
 in the

00:18:28.679 --> 00:18:29.059
 age to

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.379
 come

00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:31.059
 where they

00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.479
 will sit

00:18:31.479 --> 00:18:32.119
 on thrones

00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:32.819
 judging the

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.439
 twelve tribes

00:18:33.439 --> 00:18:33.959
 of Israel.

00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:34.559
 No,

00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.299
 now you

00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:35.899
 serve.

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:37.119
 Later you

00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:37.579
 will rule.

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.179
 Later you

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.559
 will get to

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:39.919
 sit on

00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:40.359
 thrones to

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.699
 judge.

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:43.959
 Now,

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.559
 they are not

00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.139
 to be like

00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.539
 those who

00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.419
 recline at

00:18:46.419 --> 00:18:46.759
 table.

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.179
 But Christ

00:18:49.179 --> 00:18:50.059
 promises them

00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.619
 that a day

00:18:50.619 --> 00:18:51.119
 is coming

00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:51.739
 when they

00:18:51.739 --> 00:18:52.319
 will eat

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 and drink

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 at his

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 table

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 in his

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 kingdom.

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 The point

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 of the

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:01.079
 contrast is

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 obvious.

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 You

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 sacrifice,

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 you serve,

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 you suffer

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 now.

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 You endure

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 humiliation and

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 injustice for the

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:10.819
 sake of Christ

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 now.

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 But when the

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 kingdom of God

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 is fulfilled,

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 you will get

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 to recline

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 at the

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 eternal

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 heavenly banquet

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 with Jesus,

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 your king

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 himself.

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 Christ

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 will vindicate

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 you and

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 he will

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 bestow on

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 you honor,

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 praise,

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 and glory.

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 Though the

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 promise is

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 given specifically

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 to the

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 twelve apostles,

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 minus Judas,

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 of course,

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 and though they

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 do have a

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 unique role

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 in standing

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 among the

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 people of

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 God because

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 they're the

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 foundation of

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 the church,

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 the apostles,

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 because the

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 twelve are

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 leaders and

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 representatives

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 of the

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 whole people

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 of God,

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 we the

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.740
 church will

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 also share

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 in Christ's

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 reign.

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 Earlier in

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 Luke 19

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 verses 11

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 to 27 in

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 the parable

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 of the

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 minus,

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 Jesus speaking

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 generally,

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 not just of

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 the twelve

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 apostles,

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 but generally

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 of all those

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 who serve

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 God,

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 he said he

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 promised reward

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 each of them,

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 he promised to

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 reward them

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 with rule

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 over cities

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 in the kingdom

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 of God.

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 This is

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 confirmed by

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 other passages

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 of scripture

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 like Ephesians

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 2.6 that

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 speak of

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 believers being

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 seated with

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 Christ in

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 heavenly places.

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 And 2 Timothy

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 2 verse 12

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 which promises

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 that if we

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 endure,

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 we will also

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 reign with

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 Christ.

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 God will

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 have us

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 share in

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 his throne

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 and his reign.

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 that's so

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 magnanimous.

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 God is the

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 creator and

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 we are

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 creatures.

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 God's the

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 king and

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 we are his

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 servants,

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 slaves.

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 God is the

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 potter.

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 We are his

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 pottery.

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 And yet

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 after our

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 lifetime of

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 haltering

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 witness and

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 faltering

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 faithfulness,

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 Christ will

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 take us.

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 If we

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 endure to

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 the end,

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 stay with

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 Christ to

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 the end,

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 he will

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 take us

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 and seat

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 us on

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 his throne

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 to share

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 in his

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 reign in

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 the kingdom

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 of God.

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 That should

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 motivate us

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 to follow in

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 the pattern of

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 service that

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 Christ set for

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 us.

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 Christ's

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 service.

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 And not

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 only Christ's

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 service, but

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 Christ's

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 intercession on

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 our behalf also

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 enables and

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 exemplifies Christian

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 discipleship.

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 That's my

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 second point.

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 Jesus says in

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 verse 31,

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 Simon,

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 Simon,

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 behold,

00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:58.039
 Satan demanded

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.759
 to have you

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 that he might

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 sift you like

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 wheat,

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 calling someone's

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 name twice like

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 this in this

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 culture conveys

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 particular earnestness

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 and affection.

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 That's what he

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 said earlier when

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:10.859
 he said,

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.319
 Martha,

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 Martha.

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 That's what he

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.660
 said when he

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:13.859
 said,

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.440
 Jerusalem,

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.019
 Jerusalem.

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.420
 So now he

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:16.700
 says,

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.319
 Simon,

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.359
 Simon.

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.619
 And though

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.259
 Jesus is

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.119
 addressing Peter

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:23.000
 here specifically,

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.079
 the pronoun

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.619
 you in

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.519
 verse 31,

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.299
 which occurs

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.940
 twice there in

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.460
 verse 31,

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.819
 is in both

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.779
 instances plural.

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.579
 So it's

00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.159
 actually you

00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:35.899
 all referring

00:22:35.899 --> 00:22:37.159
 to all the

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.619
 apostles.

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:40.359
 Satan has

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:41.279
 demanded to

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.799
 have all of

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.700
 the apostles.

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.859
 He has

00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.539
 demanded to

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.379
 sift all

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.980
 these apostles

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.039
 like wheat.

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.379
 In the same

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.659
 way, he

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.359
 demanded to

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:52.439
 have Job in

00:22:52.439 --> 00:22:53.119
 Job chapter

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.460
 1,

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.139
 verses 6 to

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.539
 12,

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.819
 in order to

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.859
 afflict him

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.439
 and to

00:22:57.439 --> 00:22:58.159
 tempt him to

00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.859
 renounce his

00:22:58.859 --> 00:22:59.799
 allegiance to

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.159
 God.

00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.500
 Satan is

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.899
 trying to

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.199
 do the

00:23:02.199 --> 00:23:02.579
 same with

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.219
 these 12

00:23:03.219 --> 00:23:03.740
 apostles.

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.759
 He's asked

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.359
 of them.

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.459
 He wants

00:23:06.459 --> 00:23:06.939
 to sift

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:07.319
 them.

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.299
 But he

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.559
 has a

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:08.979
 particular

00:23:08.979 --> 00:23:10.479
 design for

00:23:10.479 --> 00:23:11.619
 Peter because

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.639
 Peter is the

00:23:12.639 --> 00:23:14.079
 first among

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.439
 equals.

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:14.979
 He's the

00:23:14.979 --> 00:23:16.179
 leader among

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:17.439
 the 12

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:17.859
 apostles.

00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:18.919
 He's the

00:23:18.919 --> 00:23:19.359
 spokesperson.

00:23:22.439 --> 00:23:22.979
 And sifting

00:23:22.979 --> 00:23:23.579
 is a very

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.339
 vivid image.

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.359
 When farmers

00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.240
 harvest wheat,

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.680
 there's a

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.259
 lot of

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:28.819
 debris that

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.460
 come with

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.960
 the wheat,

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.900
 the kernels.

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:31.960
 So in

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.299
 order to

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.960
 isolate the

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.519
 grains, they

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.920
 use a

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:35.700
 sieve, move

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.160
 it back and

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.539
 forth to

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.339
 separate the

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.960
 wheat from

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.420
 the debris.

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.460
 The wheat

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.200
 falls through

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.519
 the small

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:41.079
 holes to the

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.480
 ground.

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.339
 The larger

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.900
 debris, they

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.620
 get caught

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.779
 and get

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.440
 picked off.

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.519
 That's what

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:48.960
 Satan is

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.420
 trying to

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.680
 do.

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.120
 With Peter

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.740
 and the

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.380
 apostles, he

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.660
 wants to

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.779
 expose them

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.799
 as a

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:56.139
 fraud, as

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:59.240
 debris, to

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.759
 pick them

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:01.859
 off and

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.559
 discard them.

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.559
 But this

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.819
 is what

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.299
 Satan does,

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.819
 not just

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.319
 with the

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.960
 12 apostles.

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.879
 This is what

00:24:14.879 --> 00:24:15.319
 he seeks to

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.599
 do with

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:17.599
 every believer

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.119
 as well.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.819
 1 Peter

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.559
 chapter 5

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.139
 verse 8

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.940
 warns us

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.720
 your

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.460
 adversary,

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.580
 the devil,

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:28.080
 prowls

00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:28.860
 around like

00:24:28.860 --> 00:24:29.480
 a roaring

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.279
 lion,

00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:31.860
 seeking

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.680
 someone to

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.100
 devour.

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.840
 When we

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.559
 believed in

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.160
 Jesus Christ

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.900
 and confessed

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.680
 him as our

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.559
 Lord and

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.680
 Savior, we

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.380
 were transferred

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:42.000
 from the

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.900
 dominion of

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.640
 evil to

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.180
 the dominion

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.360
 of light,

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.259
 the dominion

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.720
 of Christ,

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.120
 the kingdom

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.620
 of God.

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.980
 And precisely

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.580
 because we're

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.299
 no longer

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.880
 Satan's

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.400
 slaves,

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.580
 we are

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.380
 by definition

00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.640
 his enemies.

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.400
 We have

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:57.960
 targets on

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.440
 our backs.

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.620
 It should

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.039
 come as no

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.680
 surprise to

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:00.920
 us that

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.120
 there's

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.480
 spiritual

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:01.840
 warfare

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.580
 around us.

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.920
 But Satan

00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.640
 is not

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.500
 the only

00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.100
 actor in

00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:08.580
 this story.

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.920
 Look at

00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.299
 what Jesus

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.740
 says in

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.420
 verse 32.

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:13.299
 But I

00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:14.299
 have prayed

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.860
 for you

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:16.460
 that your

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.259
 faith may

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:18.120
 not fail.

00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.360
 And when you

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.039
 have turned

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.460
 again,

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:21.340
 strengthen

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.220
 your

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.659
 brothers.

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.079
 This is a

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.519
 remarkable

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.059
 thing that

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.599
 Jesus says

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.859
 here.

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.159
 Think about

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.459
 it for a

00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:27.619
 moment.

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.480
 Satan is

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.500
 sifting you

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.519
 with menace.

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.439
 He seeks

00:25:31.439 --> 00:25:32.039
 to destroy

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.339
 you.

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:33.039
 He is a

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.879
 roaring lion

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:35.119
 prowling about

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.039
 seeking to

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.939
 devour you.

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.359
 But don't

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.740
 you worry.

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.480
 I pray for

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:39.720
 you.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:45.160
 if that

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.880
 sounds ridiculous

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.519
 to us,

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.160
 it's because

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.839
 we have so

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.720
 little faith

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.480
 in the

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.920
 power of

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.160
 prayer.

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.980
 Nowadays,

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.700
 I read a

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:56.940
 lot of

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.360
 people on

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:57.940
 social media

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.480
 say things

00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:58.819
 like,

00:25:59.299 --> 00:25:59.960
 sending

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.620
 good vibes

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.059
 your way.

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.799
 You know,

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.660
 I appreciate

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.180
 the thought,

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.680
 I really

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:04.920
 do.

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.380
 But frankly,

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.299
 you sending

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.940
 me good vibes

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.339
 doesn't do

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:08.660
 me any

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:08.960
 good.

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:15.220
 What in

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.480
 the world

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.940
 is vibes

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:16.200
 anyway,

00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.480
 right?

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.460
 But I

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.660
 think

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.140
 Christians

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.839
 often think

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.279
 of prayer

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.519
 in the

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.960
 same way.

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.120
 We think

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.799
 prayer is

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.100
 like a

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.360
 Christian

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.799
 equivalent

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.339
 of sending

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:26.079
 good vibes

00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.799
 or keeping

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.299
 our fingers

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.779
 crossed.

00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.220
 But that

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.759
 is a

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.259
 gross

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.420
 devaluation

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:31.960
 of prayer.

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.039
 When we

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.600
 ask each

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:35.819
 other,

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.700
 please pray

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.160
 for me,

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.079
 when we

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.539
 tell each

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.759
 other,

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.480
 I will

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.019
 pray for

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.380
 you,

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.180
 these are

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.900
 not mere

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.860
 pleasantries.

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.960
 When you

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.200
 say,

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.539
 I will

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.059
 pray for

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.200
 you,

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.440
 you're

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.880
 saying,

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.579
 you're not

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:47.819
 saying,

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:47.980
 oh,

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.380
 let's just

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:48.740
 hope for

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.259
 the best.

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.960
 You're

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.160
 saying,

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.440
 I will

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.819
 go to

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.140
 battle

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.680
 for you.

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.420
 You're

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.740
 saying,

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.120
 I will

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.700
 go run

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.059
 this

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.599
 difficult

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:56.940
 errand

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.500
 for you.

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.400
 I will

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.900
 go to

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.380
 the king

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.000
 himself

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.200
 and speak

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.119
 for you.

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.680
 That's

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.160
 what prayer

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.480
 is.

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.660
 Think of

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:05.900
 it this

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.000
 way,

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.259
 when you're

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.759
 talking to

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.240
 a customer

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:08.140
 service agent,

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.599
 but he or

00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:10.000
 she doesn't

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.400
 seem to

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.140
 understand the

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:11.640
 gravity of the

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.140
 situation,

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.220
 or they don't

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.799
 have enough

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.579
 authorization to

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.119
 actually help

00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.339
 you,

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.359
 what do you

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.619
 do?

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.420
 You say,

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:17.680
 hey,

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.099
 can I

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.359
 please talk

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.599
 to your

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.920
 manager?

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.000
 manager,

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.200
 you're

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:23.019
 escalating

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.500
 the case.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.680
 So you

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.180
 can talk

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.620
 to someone

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.080
 that actually

00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.460
 has a

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.400
 power to

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:29.220
 do something

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.039
 to help

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.340
 you.

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.480
 Similarly,

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.000
 when we

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.440
 pray,

00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:33.759
 we're

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.320
 saying,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:34.980
 I'm

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.320
 done

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:35.900
 trying to

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.580
 sort out

00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:37.000
 my

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.600
 problems

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.200
 and my

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.640
 friends

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:38.960
 and my

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.440
 families,

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.779
 my

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.300
 church's

00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:40.900
 concerns

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:41.779
 with mere

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.519
 mortals.

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.940
 I'm

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:45.640
 escalating

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.180
 the case,

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.580
 I'm

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:46.759
 going to

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.140
 take it

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.440
 to the

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.740
 throne

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.259
 of heaven,

00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:49.060
 to God

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.560
 himself.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.080
 That's

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.519
 what prayer

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.900
 is.

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.920
 What Jesus

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.580
 says to

00:27:54.580 --> 00:27:55.240
 Peter only

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.759
 makes sense

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.100
 when we

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:56.740
 understand

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.220
 that

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.820
 properly.

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.600
 Simon,

00:27:58.800 --> 00:27:59.120
 Simon,

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.680
 behold,

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.460
 Satan

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.120
 demanded

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.620
 to have

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:01.940
 you,

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.800
 that he

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.019
 might

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.500
 sift you

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:03.740
 like

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.060
 wheat,

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.220
 but I

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.680
 have

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.160
 prayed

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.740
 for you

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:09.259
 that your

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.800
 faith may

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.440
 not fail.

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:14.259
 And Jesus

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.920
 prays for

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.420
 us as

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.740
 well.

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.500
 Hebrews

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.060
 7,

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:20.139
 23 to

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.759
 25,

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.720
 they say

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.279
 the former

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.919
 priests

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:24.159
 were many

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.759
 in number

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:26.159
 because they

00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:26.779
 were prevented

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.559
 by death

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.379
 from continuing

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.059
 in office.

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.460
 But Christ

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:32.059
 holds his

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.740
 priesthood

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.399
 permanently

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.480
 because he

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.220
 continues

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.980
 forever.

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.059
 Consequently,

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:39.220
 he's able to

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.919
 save to the

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.419
 uttermost

00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:40.740
 those who

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.539
 draw near

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.000
 to God

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.740
 through him

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.500
 since he

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.659
 always lives

00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.460
 to make

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.500
 intercession

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.259
 for them.

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.779
 Jesus

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.420
 lives

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.140
 forever

00:28:52.140 --> 00:28:52.900
 at the

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.420
 right hand

00:28:53.420 --> 00:28:53.759
 of God

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.279
 the Father

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.000
 and he

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.440
 is

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.400
 presently

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:57.060
 making

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.920
 intercession

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.100
 for you.

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:02.779
 When you

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.460
 fear that

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.220
 your faith

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.160
 will fail,

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.740
 when you

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.519
 fear that

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.240
 the tempter,

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.300
 the devil

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:09.980
 would prevail

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.519
 in your life,

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.380
 remember that

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.040
 Jesus is

00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:12.560
 praying for

00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:12.819
 you.

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.619
 He has

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.119
 your back

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.500
 and he

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.480
 is interceding

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.379
 for you

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.299
 at the

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.700
 Father's

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.220
 right hand.

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.339
 He has

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.819
 the year

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.539
 of the

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.859
 God

00:29:22.859 --> 00:29:23.419
 Almighty

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.659
 and his

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:25.000
 mighty

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.619
 intercession

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.119
 for you

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.519
 never

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.119
 fails.

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.579
 The second

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:30.960
 and third

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.399
 stanza

00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:31.899
 of the

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.759
 Charles

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.440
 Wesley hymn

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.019
 Arise,

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.500
 my soul

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.000
 arise,

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.720
 describe

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.379
 Christ's

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.839
 intercession

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.139
 on our

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.519
 behalf

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.079
 beautifully.

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.319
 He says,

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.899
 he ever

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.460
 lives

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.039
 above

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.919
 for me

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:43.120
 to intercede,

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.160
 his all

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.840
 redeeming

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.259
 love,

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.560
 his precious

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.060
 blood

00:29:47.060 --> 00:29:47.660
 to plead,

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.860
 his blood

00:29:48.860 --> 00:29:49.400
 atoned

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.980
 for every

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.400
 race,

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.340
 his blood

00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:51.800
 atoned

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:52.340
 for every

00:29:52.340 --> 00:29:52.779
 race,

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.019
 and sprinkles

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.660
 now the

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:55.039
 throne

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.740
 of grace.

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.880
 Five

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.340
 bleeding

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.940
 wounds

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.580
 he bears

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.259
 received

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.240
 on Calvary,

00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.240
 they pour

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.000
 effectual

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.519
 prayers,

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.720
 they strongly

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.480
 plead for

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:05.720
 me,

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.920
 forgive him,

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.580
 oh forgive,

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.380
 they cry,

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.500
 forgive him,

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.039
 oh forgive,

00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:10.960
 they cry,

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.960
 nor let

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.299
 that

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.019
 ransomed

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.819
 sinner

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.799
 die.

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.059
 When you

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.160
 feel burdened,

00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.000
 weighed down

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.700
 by guilt

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:22.180
 and condemnation,

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.940
 remember that

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:23.799
 Christ's

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.220
 blood

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.980
 pleads

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.480
 for you,

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.720
 he's at

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.140
 the right

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.579
 hand of the

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.840
 father

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.620
 interceding

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.059
 for you,

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.940
 saying he

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.559
 belongs

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.100
 to me,

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.819
 she

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.740
 is my

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.259
 child,

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.220
 they've

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.819
 been clothed

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.340
 with my

00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:36.819
 righteousness,

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.819
 and I

00:30:37.819 --> 00:30:38.559
 will preserve

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.380
 them to

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.780
 the end,

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.320
 that's

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.000
 what Christ

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.360
 is doing

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:41.820
 for you.

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.700
 And Jesus

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.160
 has full

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.600
 confidence

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.020
 that his

00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:45.440
 prayer will

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.860
 be answered,

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.200
 so he

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.640
 says to

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:46.900
 Peter,

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:47.960
 and when

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.480
 you have

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.940
 turned

00:30:48.940 --> 00:30:49.400
 again,

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.480
 strengthen

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.720
 your

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.020
 brothers.

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.080
 Jesus

00:30:53.080 --> 00:30:53.640
 knows that

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.060
 Peter will

00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.740
 go astray,

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:56.040
 but he

00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.680
 also knows

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.960
 that he

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.780
 will turn

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:58.660
 back again,

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.060
 thanks to

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.640
 his prayers.

00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:03.520
 This is so

00:31:03.520 --> 00:31:04.260
 instructive for

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:04.520
 us,

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.180
 because Jesus

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:07.360
 knows that

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.720
 Peter will

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.440
 be restored

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.460
 among the

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.039
 twelve apostles

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.680
 as a leader,

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.560
 and he

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.200
 gives him

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.620
 here a

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.299
 great commission

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.200
 to strengthen

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.759
 his fellow

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.200
 brothers,

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.640
 but this

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.200
 teaches us

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.680
 that he

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.000
 who is

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.700
 given this

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.380
 great commission

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:20.140
 to strengthen

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.700
 his brothers

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.539
 is not

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.279
 someone who

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.980
 is strong,

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.580
 is not

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.259
 someone who

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.200
 is invincible,

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.519
 it's not

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.160
 someone who

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:29.160
 never falls,

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.900
 but it's

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.299
 someone who

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.279
 falls and

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.880
 then rises

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.320
 again.

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.019
 It's

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.400
 someone who

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.480
 goes astray,

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.600
 but turns

00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:39.440
 back again.

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.600
 It's

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.299
 someone who

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.299
 sins,

00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.320
 but

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:45.980
 repents

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.680
 again.

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.440
 So don't

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.080
 you ever

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:51.380
 believe the

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.140
 lie of the

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.799
 enemy that

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.980
 tells you that

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.600
 God cannot

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.420
 use you because

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.180
 of your past,

00:31:57.060 --> 00:31:57.960
 that God

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.560
 will not use

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:58.920
 you because

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.279
 of your

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.779
 sins,

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:03.340
 that God

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.700
 will not

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.200
 use you

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.279
 because of

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.240
 your failures.

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:09.160
 1 Corinthians

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:10.580
 1, 27-29

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:10.920
 says,

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.759
 God chose

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.519
 what is

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.460
 foolish in

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.960
 the world

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:15.160
 to shame

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.380
 the wise.

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.559
 God chose

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:18.940
 what is

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.600
 weak in

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.920
 the world

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.400
 to shame

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.039
 the strong.

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.799
 God chose

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.120
 what is

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.620
 low and

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.380
 despised in

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.819
 the world,

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.080
 even things

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.360
 that are

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.720
 not,

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.160
 to bring

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.660
 to nothing

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.279
 things that

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.519
 are,

00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.200
 so that

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.019
 no human

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.740
 being might

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.819
 boast in

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.360
 the presence

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.900
 of God.

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:33.820
 God's

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.340
 standard

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.800
 mode of

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:35.280
 operation.

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.120
 He does

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.480
 this to

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.019
 humble the

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.380
 pride of

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.740
 man and

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.660
 glorify his

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.200
 own name,

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.900
 so that if

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.360
 you're living

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.980
 in sin

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.600
 today,

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.220
 renounce it

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.160
 before God.

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.460
 Turn again

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.160
 and then

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:50.620
 strengthen your

00:32:50.620 --> 00:32:50.980
 brothers,

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:52.560
 strengthen your

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:52.880
 sisters.

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.820
 Don't remain

00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:55.600
 self-focused,

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.440
 just inwardly

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.140
 turn onto

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.580
 yourself,

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.400
 orient yourself

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.960
 instead toward

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.420
 others,

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.440
 move on

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.800
 from your

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.080
 sins,

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.920
 renounce

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.120
 them,

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.600
 turn to

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:02.920
 Christ,

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.900
 and strengthen

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.360
 your church

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.759
 family.

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:09.019
 But Peter

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.560
 didn't quite

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.240
 understand that

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.640
 this is how

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.259
 God likes to

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.820
 do things,

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.840
 at least not

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.180
 yet.

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.620
 So with all

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.160
 the bravado

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:15.640
 that he can

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.220
 muster up,

00:33:16.300 --> 00:33:17.160
 he says in

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.800
 verse 33,

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.279
 Lord,

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:21.279
 I am ready

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:22.680
 to go with

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.279
 you both to

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.200
 prison and

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.120
 to death.

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.580
 But Jesus

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.640
 kind of brings

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.100
 him back down

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.539
 to earth,

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.679
 verse 34,

00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:32.219
 I tell you,

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.519
 Peter,

00:33:32.959 --> 00:33:33.459
 the rooster

00:33:33.459 --> 00:33:33.919
 will not

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:34.359
 crow this

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.740
 day until

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.219
 you deny

00:33:35.219 --> 00:33:36.219
 three times

00:33:36.219 --> 00:33:36.819
 that you

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.459
 know me.

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.179
 A rooster's

00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:39.659
 crow in the

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.619
 night anticipates

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.379
 the sunrise.

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.079
 So Jesus

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.539
 is saying

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.980
 here that

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.879
 before the

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.519
 night is

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.939
 over,

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.059
 you will

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.019
 deny three

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.980
 times that

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.319
 you even

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.919
 know me.

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.439
 Peter will

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:53.099
 be in

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.559
 prison for

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.159
 Christ later

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:54.519
 in Acts

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.859
 5.

00:33:55.219 --> 00:33:56.019
 Peter will

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.939
 be martyred

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:57.599
 for Christ.

00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:59.919
 hung upside

00:33:59.919 --> 00:34:00.480
 down on a

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.899
 cross.

00:34:02.219 --> 00:34:03.779
 But not

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:05.459
 before he

00:34:05.459 --> 00:34:06.980
 fails miserably

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.980
 and denies

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.619
 Jesus three

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.079
 times.

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.360
 Not before he

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.019
 is humbled

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.179
 and taught to

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.920
 depend on

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.219
 God.

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.679
 Pride goes

00:34:18.679 --> 00:34:19.059
 before

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.699
 destruction.

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.779
 Peter thought

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.460
 he could stand

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.139
 with Jesus in

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.839
 his own strength,

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.240
 but Jesus

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.960
 tells him

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.440
 that he

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.000
 can't.

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.180
 Not once

00:34:27.180 --> 00:34:27.620
 or twice,

00:34:27.700 --> 00:34:28.120
 but three

00:34:28.120 --> 00:34:28.920
 times he

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.720
 refused to

00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.380
 admit that

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.800
 he even

00:34:30.800 --> 00:34:31.820
 knows Jesus,

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.720
 let alone

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.300
 admit that

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.740
 he is one

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:34.140
 of Jesus'

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:34.780
 twelve

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.240
 apostles.

00:34:36.600 --> 00:34:37.360
 This is a

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.860
 sobering

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.380
 warning for

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.120
 all of us.

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.160
 Therefore

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.940
 let anyone

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.740
 who thinks

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.100
 that he

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.720
 stands

00:34:42.720 --> 00:34:43.880
 take heed

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.600
 lest he

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:44.980
 fall.

00:34:45.100 --> 00:34:45.440
 It says

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.800
 in 1

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.300
 Corinthians

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.000
 10-12.

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.860
 Don't ever

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.940
 get secure

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.980
 in your own

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.559
 abilities,

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:53.119
 in your

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.299
 own willpower,

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.659
 your

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.480
 resolutions.

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.079
 Instead

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.619
 lean on

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.099
 God's

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.559
 strength,

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.159
 his

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.699
 sustaining

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.119
 power.

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.639
 Lean on

00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.480
 Christ's

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.059
 intercession

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.420
 on your

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.860
 behalf.

00:35:03.279 --> 00:35:03.639
 Don't ever

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.279
 think that

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.980
 you are

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.679
 immune to

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.019
 certain

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.659
 sins.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.759
 Oh, I

00:35:07.759 --> 00:35:08.099
 don't deal

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.519
 with those

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.900
 issues,

00:35:09.259 --> 00:35:10.000
 so I can

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.320
 do these

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.279
 things while

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:11.820
 they can't.

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.860
 We're all

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.480
 capable of

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.739
 failing.

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:23.559
 I hope

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:23.739
 you

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:25.259
 understand

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.799
 this,

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.779
 because this

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:26.940
 is going

00:35:26.940 --> 00:35:27.299
 to preserve

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.699
 you for

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.019
 the rest

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.239
 of your

00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:28.559
 life.

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.099
 If you're

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.679
 looking for

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.820
 a strong

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.239
 pastor,

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.820
 this is not

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.159
 the right

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.579
 church for

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.799
 you.

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.500
 I have

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.579
 no confidence

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.059
 in myself

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.659
 that I can

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.480
 persevere to

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.900
 the end.

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:51.720
 there's no

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.119
 guarantee

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.900
 that I

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.300
 will never

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:55.099
 stumble and

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.000
 sin and

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.260
 bring

00:35:56.260 --> 00:35:57.260
 disrepute to

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.220
 Christ and

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.760
 his church.

00:35:59.160 --> 00:35:59.880
 I fear

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.599
 that sometimes.

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:07.920
 I don't

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.539
 know sometimes

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.200
 how many

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.700
 years I'll

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.320
 have left

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.800
 in pastoral

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.160
 ministry.

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.280
 I want to

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.680
 make it to

00:36:12.680 --> 00:36:12.940
 the end,

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.220
 but I

00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.539
 don't know

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.860
 if I

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.059
 will.

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:18.160
 what gives

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:19.420
 me hope

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.079
 is Christ

00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:20.700
 is preserving

00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:21.019
 me.

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.460
 He's

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.980
 with me.

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:28.099
 He walks

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.579
 with me.

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.680
 He

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:30.280
 strengthens

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.680
 me when

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.059
 my hands

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.480
 are weak.

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.880
 You're

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.059
 going to

00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.599
 hit times

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:35.840
 in your

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.240
 life when

00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.380
 you're

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.539
 going to

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.860
 feel the

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.160
 same.

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.460
 How can

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.820
 I make

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.079
 it as

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.480
 a Christian?

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.820
 How can

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.099
 I keep

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.440
 going?

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.320
 How can

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:43.619
 I keep

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:43.940
 fighting

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.559
 these sins?

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.480
 How can

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.800
 I keep

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.140
 giving?

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:46.860
 How can

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.200
 I keep

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.560
 loving?

00:36:50.200 --> 00:36:50.760
 Christ

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.280
 will

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:51.600
 preserve

00:36:51.600 --> 00:36:51.880
 you.

00:36:53.080 --> 00:36:53.580
 He will

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.000
 hold you

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.320
 fast.

00:36:58.200 --> 00:36:58.820
 And the

00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.160
 fact that

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.500
 it's not

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.000
 our own

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.880
 strength of

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.300
 resolve,

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.240
 but Christ's

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.840
 intercession

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.180
 on our

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:04.180
 behalf that

00:37:04.180 --> 00:37:05.039
 decisively

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.460
 preserves

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.880
 us,

00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:07.420
 should encourage

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.280
 us freely

00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:08.760
 to confess

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.220
 our sins

00:37:09.220 --> 00:37:09.539
 to each

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.740
 other,

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:12.080
 to admit

00:37:12.080 --> 00:37:12.760
 our weaknesses

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.539
 and shortcomings

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:13.940
 to each

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.160
 other.

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:16.239
 As

00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:16.559
 Christians,

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.079
 we never

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.559
 need to

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.139
 hide our

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.500
 weaknesses

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:19.179
 and shortcomings

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.599
 in order to

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:20.599
 look stronger

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.179
 and better

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.519
 than we

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:22.219
 actually are.

00:37:22.759 --> 00:37:23.219
 We don't

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.539
 need to

00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.019
 do that.

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.000
 The people

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.239
 in the

00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:25.679
 world have

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:25.899
 to do

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.179
 that.

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:27.039
 We don't

00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:27.460
 because we

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.699
 have been

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.359
 accepted by

00:37:28.359 --> 00:37:29.519
 Christ as

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.179
 weak and

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.500
 sinful

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:30.940
 people.

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.460
 His grace

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.059
 is sufficient

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.559
 for us and

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.139
 His power

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.519
 is made

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.379
 perfect in

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:38.980
 our weakness.

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.099
 It's when

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.659
 we're weak

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:41.000
 that we

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.079
 experience God's

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.399
 power.

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.700
 It's when

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:43.880
 we're

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:44.480
 humble that

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.000
 we receive

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.360
 God's

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:45.740
 grace.

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.440
 So if

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.639
 you're

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:48.300
 despairing

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.559
 and you're

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.820
 feeling

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.300
 weak,

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.240
 when you

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.599
 feel like

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.300
 you're

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:52.139
 giving up,

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.000
 acknowledge

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.780
 your weakness

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.500
 and shortcomings

00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:55.680
 and cling

00:37:55.680 --> 00:37:56.180
 to God.

00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:56.639
 Pray to

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.019
 Him for

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.340
 strength.

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:01.119
 And finally,

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.579
 not only

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.079
 Christ's

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.660
 service and

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.160
 intercession,

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.579
 but also

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.059
 Christ's

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.519
 suffering

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.660
 enables

00:38:05.660 --> 00:38:06.099
 and

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:07.000
 exemplifies

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.760
 Christian

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.740
 discipleship.

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:10.879
 Jesus

00:38:10.879 --> 00:38:11.619
 instructs

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.719
 His

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.119
 disciples

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.559
 this way

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.699
 in

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:12.879
 verses

00:38:12.879 --> 00:38:13.539
 35 to

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.079
 36,

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:14.899
 When I

00:38:14.899 --> 00:38:15.259
 sent you

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.679
 out with

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.119
 no money

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.599
 bag or

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.339
 knapsack or

00:38:17.339 --> 00:38:17.859
 sandals,

00:38:17.919 --> 00:38:18.179
 did you

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:18.439
 lack

00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:18.879
 anything?

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:19.919
 They said

00:38:19.919 --> 00:38:20.219
 nothing.

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.199
 He said

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.679
 to them,

00:38:22.299 --> 00:38:22.779
 But now

00:38:22.779 --> 00:38:23.099
 let the

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.439
 one who

00:38:23.439 --> 00:38:23.899
 has a

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.059
 money

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.719
 bag take

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:24.959
 it,

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.699
 and likewise

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:26.539
 a knapsack,

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:27.079
 and let

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.419
 the one

00:38:27.419 --> 00:38:28.099
 who has

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.679
 no sword

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.159
 sell his

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.859
 cloak and

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:30.519
 buy one.

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.799
 Jesus is

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.659
 alluding here

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.379
 to Luke 9

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.759
 when He

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.219
 sent out the

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.779
 twelve to

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.219
 proclaim the

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.559
 kingdom of

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:35.779
 God,

00:38:35.939 --> 00:38:36.399
 and also

00:38:36.399 --> 00:38:36.779
 to Luke

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.459
 10 when He

00:38:37.459 --> 00:38:37.939
 sent out the

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.460
 seventy-two

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.539
 disciples to

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.099
 proclaim the

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.440
 kingdom of

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.820
 God and

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.139
 to heal

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.559
 the sick.

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.340
 At that

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.780
 time,

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.119
 Jesus

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:45.039
 instructed His

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.760
 disciples in

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.200
 Luke 10

00:38:46.200 --> 00:38:46.659
 verse 4,

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.519
 carry no

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:48.139
 money bag,

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.300
 no knapsack,

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.360
 no sandals,

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.179
 because He

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.900
 wanted them to

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:52.679
 travel lightly,

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:54.000
 forego extra

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:55.000
 provisions and

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.519
 the time it

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:55.840
 takes to

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.460
 prepare them,

00:38:56.720 --> 00:38:57.460
 and to depend

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.780
 on the

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:59.039
 hospitality of

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.539
 the people who

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.519
 receive them

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.880
 and their

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.300
 message.

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.700
 And when

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.159
 they followed

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.440
 Jesus'

00:39:03.599 --> 00:39:04.200
 instructions in

00:39:04.200 --> 00:39:04.420
 that way,

00:39:04.460 --> 00:39:04.880
 they lacked

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.380
 nothing.

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:07.340
 But now,

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.180
 Jesus says,

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:08.620
 let the

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:08.940
 one who

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.180
 has the

00:39:09.180 --> 00:39:09.360
 money

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.059
 bag take

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.240
 it,

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.800
 and likewise

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.460
 a knapsack,

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.800
 and let the

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.100
 one who

00:39:12.100 --> 00:39:12.519
 has no

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.500
 sword sell

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.980
 his cloak

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.500
 and buy

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.900
 one.

00:39:15.460 --> 00:39:16.180
 But why

00:39:16.180 --> 00:39:16.660
 the sudden

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:17.220
 change?

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.100
 Jesus gives

00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:19.780
 His reason in

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.500
 verse 37,

00:39:20.700 --> 00:39:21.840
 for I tell

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.780
 you that this

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.740
 scripture must be

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.340
 fulfilled in

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.640
 me.

00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:26.320
 And He was

00:39:26.320 --> 00:39:27.460
 numbered with

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.880
 the transgressors,

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.880
 for what is

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.420
 written about

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.039
 me has its

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.500
 fulfillment.

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:34.539
 Jesus is

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.260
 quoting from

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:36.500
 Isaiah 53,

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.179
 verse 12,

00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:37.800
 which we read

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.079
 in our

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.619
 assurance of

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.099
 pardon this

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.400
 morning.

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:40.500
 It's a

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:41.280
 prophecy that

00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:41.679
 says that

00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:42.739
 Messiah will

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.659
 pour out His

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:44.340
 soul to

00:39:44.340 --> 00:39:45.199
 death and

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.760
 be numbered

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:46.320
 with the

00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:47.179
 transgressors,

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.820
 thereby bearing

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.500
 the sin of

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.639
 many and

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.679
 making intercession

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.460
 for the

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:53.280
 transgressors.

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.840
 Jesus is

00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.760
 saying that

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.340
 this prophecy

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:58.000
 is fulfilled

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.380
 in His

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.760
 impending

00:39:58.760 --> 00:39:59.239
 death on

00:39:59.239 --> 00:39:59.760
 the cross.

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.900
 He will

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.580
 be treated

00:40:01.580 --> 00:40:02.020
 as a

00:40:02.020 --> 00:40:02.260
 sinner,

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.060
 as a

00:40:03.060 --> 00:40:03.680
 lawbreaker,

00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:05.200
 as a

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.540
 rebel,

00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:06.920
 and He

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.560
 will be

00:40:07.560 --> 00:40:08.340
 persecuted

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:09.480
 and killed.

00:40:10.040 --> 00:40:10.440
 And if

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:11.180
 you claim

00:40:11.180 --> 00:40:11.880
 to follow

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.020
 as your

00:40:13.020 --> 00:40:13.640
 King and

00:40:13.640 --> 00:40:14.300
 your God

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.640
 and your

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:15.040
 Lord,

00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:16.740
 the man

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.200
 that was

00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:18.080
 crucified and

00:40:18.080 --> 00:40:18.820
 killed for

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:20.640
 treason,

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:25.620
 you're going

00:40:25.620 --> 00:40:25.960
 to be treated

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:26.280
 the same

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:26.520
 way.

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:30.840
 So they

00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:31.200
 can no

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.840
 longer count

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.180
 on the

00:40:32.180 --> 00:40:33.040
 hospitality and

00:40:33.040 --> 00:40:33.700
 receptivity of

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:34.100
 the people,

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.120
 but instead

00:40:35.120 --> 00:40:36.160
 must provide

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:37.300
 for themselves.

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.740
 Christ's

00:40:40.740 --> 00:40:41.180
 suffering

00:40:41.180 --> 00:40:43.780
 sets the

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.260
 pattern for

00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:45.140
 our Christian

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:45.540
 lives.

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:47.000
 The

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:47.320
 apostles,

00:40:47.520 --> 00:40:47.720
 however,

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.140
 as they have

00:40:48.140 --> 00:40:48.580
 often done,

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.240
 misunderstand

00:40:49.240 --> 00:40:49.940
 Jesus'

00:40:50.100 --> 00:40:50.500
 teaching.

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.860
 They take

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.160
 Jesus'

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.720
 words,

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.080
 let the

00:40:53.080 --> 00:40:53.420
 one who

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.700
 has no

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:54.400
 sword sell

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:54.820
 his cloak

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.200
 and buy

00:40:55.200 --> 00:40:55.480
 one,

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.200
 as a

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.460
 literal

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:57.080
 call to

00:40:57.080 --> 00:40:57.500
 arms.

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:59.119
 And they

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.639
 say in

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:00.179
 verse 38,

00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:00.480
 look,

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:00.739
 Lord,

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.079
 here are

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.639
 two swords.

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:03.880
 It's kind

00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:04.199
 of funny,

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:04.440
 actually,

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:04.780
 if you think

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:05.159
 about it,

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:06.400
 because if

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.760
 they're going

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.500
 to be part

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:07.840
 of the

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.519
 Messiah's

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.019
 revolutionary

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.579
 army,

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.880
 maybe they

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.440
 think that

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.699
 they can

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.380
 avert the

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.920
 suffering and

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:14.280
 death that

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:14.800
 Jesus keeps

00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:15.380
 predicting for

00:41:15.380 --> 00:41:16.599
 himself by

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.159
 fighting for

00:41:17.159 --> 00:41:17.400
 him.

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.539
 But think

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:18.880
 about it,

00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:19.119
 if you're

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:19.719
 going against

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.400
 all of

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:20.760
 Jewish

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.519
 leadership and

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.000
 also all

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.380
 the Roman

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:22.840
 authorities,

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.739
 I mean,

00:41:23.780 --> 00:41:23.980
 what are you

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.320
 going to do

00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:24.679
 with two

00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:25.119
 swords?

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:27.980
 It's

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.320
 woefully

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.760
 inadequate.

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:31.119
 They've

00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:31.460
 missed the

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.760
 point,

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:32.260
 so Jesus

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:32.699
 just says

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.980
 to them,

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.159
 it's

00:41:33.159 --> 00:41:33.480
 enough.

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:36.840
 That's

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:37.159
 not what

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:37.619
 Jesus has

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.019
 in mind.

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.440
 When

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.760
 Jesus

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.880
 instructs

00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:39.980
 his

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.239
 disciples

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.659
 to buy

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:41.179
 a sword,

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.880
 that's a

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.500
 metaphor for

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.059
 provision

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:44.579
 and preparedness,

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.980
 not a

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.539
 literal call

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.199
 to arms.

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.199
 This is

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.780
 why later

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.280
 at Jesus'

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.000
 arrest in

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.699
 verses 47

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.239
 and 53,

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:51.619
 when the

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.960
 disciples

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.539
 ask,

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:53.360
 Lord,

00:41:53.500 --> 00:41:53.980
 shall we

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.739
 strike with

00:41:54.739 --> 00:41:55.300
 a sword?

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:57.539
 And Peter

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.320
 strikes the

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.700
 servant of

00:41:58.700 --> 00:41:59.000
 the high

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.580
 priest and

00:41:59.580 --> 00:42:00.220
 cuts off

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:00.620
 his right

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:01.000
 ear,

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.160
 but Jesus

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:02.700
 does not

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.360
 commend him

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:03.740
 for that.

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.240
 He says,

00:42:04.660 --> 00:42:05.300
 no more

00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:05.880
 of this,

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:07.000
 and that he

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.700
 touches the

00:42:07.700 --> 00:42:08.320
 ear of the

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:08.920
 servant and

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:09.560
 heals him.

00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:11.160
 This is also

00:42:11.160 --> 00:42:12.160
 why in Luke's

00:42:12.160 --> 00:42:12.760
 sequel in the

00:42:12.760 --> 00:42:13.260
 book of Acts,

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.780
 the church

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:15.340
 always responds

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:16.160
 to persecution

00:42:16.160 --> 00:42:17.740
 with nonviolence.

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:20.500
 Christ never

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.420
 took up the

00:42:21.420 --> 00:42:21.940
 sword to

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.240
 kill.

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:23.320
 He never

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:24.360
 forced his

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:26.140
 subjects to

00:42:26.140 --> 00:42:27.559
 his cause.

00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:28.640
 He went to

00:42:28.640 --> 00:42:29.160
 the cross

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:29.539
 instead,

00:42:29.720 --> 00:42:30.480
 and he died

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.579
 for the sins

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:32.200
 of his people.

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.220
 So it's

00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:34.700
 Christ's

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:35.220
 suffering,

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:36.660
 not conquest,

00:42:37.140 --> 00:42:38.200
 that exemplifies

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.599
 Christian

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.300
 discipleship.

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:43.120
 Jesus could

00:42:43.120 --> 00:42:43.620
 have called

00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:44.360
 legions of

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.880
 his angels

00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:45.400
 to come to

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.860
 his aid and

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.700
 overthrow both

00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:47.079
 the Jewish

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.740
 leadership and

00:42:47.740 --> 00:42:48.120
 the Roman

00:42:48.120 --> 00:42:48.500
 Empire,

00:42:49.120 --> 00:42:49.740
 but instead

00:42:49.740 --> 00:42:50.599
 Jesus let

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.400
 himself be

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.519
 delivered over

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:52.920
 into the

00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:53.360
 hands of

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:53.920
 wicked men.

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:56.840
 usually in

00:42:56.840 --> 00:42:57.500
 warfare,

00:42:58.800 --> 00:42:59.160
 countless

00:42:59.160 --> 00:42:59.940
 soldiers are

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:01.720
 sacrificed to

00:43:01.720 --> 00:43:02.500
 protect the

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:03.300
 commander-in-chief,

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:05.460
 but in this

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:07.320
 epic spiritual

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.079
 warfare, the

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:09.559
 king himself

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:11.280
 died to

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.200
 spare his

00:43:12.200 --> 00:43:13.160
 subjects.

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:18.620
 It's only

00:43:18.620 --> 00:43:19.180
 when we know

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:19.880
 and believe

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:22.000
 Jesus in

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.500
 his suffering

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.000
 that we can

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.740
 suffer in his

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:24.059
 life.

00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:28.059
 It's because

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.719
 Christ has

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.299
 served us,

00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:30.739
 because Christ

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.599
 has interceded

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:32.079
 for us,

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:33.139
 because Christ

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.819
 has suffered

00:43:33.819 --> 00:43:34.500
 for us,

00:43:34.959 --> 00:43:36.619
 that we can

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:37.899
 be Christian

00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:39.399
 disciples.

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.519
 thus,

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:41.320
 them

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:41.800
 normale,

00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:42.800
 not

00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.360
 him

00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:47.440
 souvenir

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:48.200
 company,

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:48.559
 for us.

00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:49.700
 And

00:43:49.700 --> 00:43:50.300
 of course,

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:50.340
 may

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:50.940
 he

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:51.099
 sayes,

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:52.860
 he

00:43:52.860 --> 00:43:53.340
 need

00:43:53.880 --> 00:43:54.160
 her

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:54.559
 self-

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:58.720
 Ann

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.860
 asc municipal,